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Trinity College, Cambridge

Photograph
ca. 1839 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photographic print showing the lawns and frontage of a large college building. On the right of the image the main entrance is visible.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTrinity College, Cambridge (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Not available for issue to the public in the Prints and Drawings Study Room due to light sensitivity. Please contact the Photography Department via our enquiry service for further information.
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Trinity College', Cambridge, salted paper print, ca. 1839
Physical description
Photographic print showing the lawns and frontage of a large college building. On the right of the image the main entrance is visible.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 148mm
  • Image width: 196mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Verso, Patent Talbotype or Sun Pictures stamp)
  • (Letter from W G Wallis 1923 attached verso. Letter verso: "257" in pencil; "One of Fox Talbot's Sun Pictures", "given me by Montepior about 1893 - when he was in charge of Sydney Art Gallery" in ink)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Object history
W G Wallis (letter attached to verso of photograph): "One of Fox Talbot's Sun Pictures", "given me by Montepior about 1893 - when he was in charge of Sydney Art Gallery" in ink.
Production
From a negative at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-2249.
Associated object
PROV.1597-2017 (RPS Group record)
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other numbers
  • RPS025208 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 231 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP592 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.129-2017

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Record createdMarch 27, 2017
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